In a paper published Dec. 14 in PLoS ONE, MSU researchers Denver W. Fowler, Elizabeth A. Freedman, John B. Scannella and Robert E. Kambic (now at Brown…
Thermoelectric materials produce electricity by taking advantage of temperature differences on opposite sides of a material. They are currently being used in…
These findings were announced in today's release of the FutureMediaSM Outlook 2012, a multimedia report that offers Georgia Tech's annual viewpoint on the…
Researchers in Norway report that patients who receive walking skills training following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis show improved physical…
European PredictAD project, lead by Principal Scientist Jyrki Lötjönen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has developed a decision support tool for…
The resources, to be released on Thursday, follow a $6 million initiative to study how plant genes contribute to producing various chemical compounds, some of…
Phthalates such as dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diethyl phthalate (DEP) are used as inactive ingredients in FDA-approved medications where they may serve a…
For decades, data has shown that middle aged adults with low education levels—that is high school or less—are twice as likely to die as those with higher…
Die Technologie beschreibt ein Scharnierelement/ Gelenk aus thermoplastischen Textilhalbzeugen beispielsweise aus Vlies. Das Scharnier zeichnet sich, durch…
Researchers have set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. At the SuperComputing 2011…
The identical spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, were launched in the summer and programmed to pass by Jupiter and Saturn on different paths. Voyager 2 went…
The announcement was made by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on Thursday, December 8, 2011. This is the second time the prize will go to the MDC. In 2002…
In efforts to find new treatments for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have…
The technique, which is the first of its kind to use high-pressure chemistry for making well-developed films and wires of this particular kind of silicon…
In a new study, NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have discovered how cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins promote the breakdown of plaque in the…
Romanian Railways (CFR: Cãile Ferate Române) has placed the order with a consortium made up of Siemens, Thales and Nokia Siemens Networks. The deal is worth…